Question

explain the following legal and ethical considerations for working in palliative care

a , Duty of care:

b , Human rights:

c , privacy, confidentiality and disclosure:

d , Dignity of risk:

e , work role boundaries- responsibilities and limitations:

Answer 1

Duty of care ; duty of care requires us to ensure that all the people work with are safe and that we abide by relevant legislation, duty of care is the legal duty to take reasonable care so that others are not harmed

Dignity of risk ; a concept that outlines how people should have the freedom to make decisions and choice that may expose themselves to a level of risk, in other words we all have the fundamental right to make mistakes and learn and grow from trial and error

Human rights ; these are the moral principles that describe standards of human behaviour and areprotecyed by law, there are number of statements that urge govt to integrate palliative care into health system " Access right under the right to highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

Privacy/ confidentiality/ disclosure; it is the duty of the care giver to keep all things as a secret for the stranger and only disclose when patient permitted

Work role boundaries responsibility and limitations ; work role boundaries are the professional boundaries helps in set clear expectations with patients and their families as to your role in the context of their care your availability of best ways to communicate with them